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Brazil ups fight against corruption, puts sport under pressure

10 May 2013

A televised legal battle against corrupt politicians and two upcoming mega-events are sharpening people’s awareness of how sport is governed in South America’s largest country.[more]


Carlos Nuzman, president of both the Brazilian Olympic Committee and the Rio 2016 Organising Committee, is one of the Brazilian sports leaders who are in the line of fire. Photo: Global Sports Forum/Flickr


Rio’s fragile Olympic spirit

10 May 2013

Analysis: Several scandals centring around Brazil’s Olympic president and Rio 2016 chairman, Carlos Nuzman, is creating unrest regarding Brazil’s image and internal dispute between the government and the Brazilian Olympic...[more]


Currently, The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff (centre) and COB president Carlos Nuzman (left) keep only a necessary working relationship (here pictured at President Dilma's inauguration on 1 January 2011 with IOC president Rogge). Photo: Blog do Planalto/Flickr


The Challenge for Europe in the Governance of Sport

09 April 2013

On 8 April 2013, Play the Game hosted a one-day seminar in Brussels titled 'the Challenge for Europe in the Governance of Sport'. The seminar marked the conclusion of the AGGIS project, and provided a platform to reveal the final...[more]


The seminar 'The Challenge for Europe in the Governance of Sport' was attended by more than 100 researchers, journalists, governance experts and sports leaders.


Sports Governance Observer: A new tool against corruption in sport

08 April 2013

Sports organisations who want to curb corruption and mismanagement in their own ranks, will soon have a tool developed by experts at their hand: The Sports Governance Observer.[more]




Download the AGGIS reports on good governance in sports organisations

08 April 2013

The EU-project Action for Good Governance in International Sports Organisations (AGGIS) has concluded, and a leaflet explaining the measuring tool Sports Governance Observer is now available for download as is the full AGGIS...[more]




Time to register for seminar on EU and sports governance

08 March 2013

One month to go to the seminar "The Challenge for Europe in the Governance of Sport" in Brussels. Register now to secure a seat.[more]




SportAccord’s gender equality tracking shows little change in number of female leaders

01 March 2013

SportAccord, the umbrella organisation for both Olympic and non-Olympic international sports, has released a Factsheet providing an overview of the representation of women in leadership positions amongst the organisation’s...[more]


The president of the Equestrian Federation (FEI), Princess Haya bint al Hussein, is one of only six female presidents of SportAccord's 107 members. Photo: Ammar Abd Rabbo/Flickr


New university studentship will make a governance audit of sports organisations

15 February 2013

Loughborough University has announced that a new Graduate School Studentship will look closer into the governance of selected sports governing bodies. The research will add to the theoretical debates on the development and...[more]


Loughborough University library. Photo: Rich Grundy/Flickr


Speakers and venue confirmed for EU seminar on sports governance

08 February 2013

At a one-day seminar in Brussels on good governance in sport, Play the Game will launch a new governance measuring tool, and various other EU projects and experts will feed inspiration to a better governance in sport[more]


EU projects on sports governance will present their findings at a one-day seminar in Brussels. Photo: EU Commission by night (c) Lucian Krauss/Berlaymont


Scientists discuss limits to the autonomy of sport

22 January 2013

International sports organisations insist on their autonomy from outside interference, but what limits do national and international laws put on the autonomy of sport? How do the laws of society influence the practices and...[more]




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